Hardik Pandya expressed his view on Mumbai Indians’ conduct within the IPL mega public sale 2025 on Monday. The franchise captain revealed that he was in touch with the administration and added that he was pleased with the public sale’s end result in Jeddah on November 24 and 25.
Mumbai Indians entered the IPL 2025 public sale with a restricted purse quantity of Rs 45 crore and clearly struggled to signal their targetted gamers. Their costliest signing was the veteran Kiwi pacer and the previous participant Trent Boult who value Rs 12.50 crore.
Earlier than signing Boutl, Mumbai Indians followers witnessed failed bids for 4 quick bowlers Jofra Archer, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Kagiso Rabada. However Hardik revealed that he was pleased with Mumbai’s new signings for the IPL 2025 season, highlighting his workforce’s blended pool of skilled and younger gamers.
“I used to be in contact with the desk as nicely, precisely who we’re going for, and I believe we got here out fairly nicely from the public sale and the way the workforce is wanting,” Hardik mentioned in a video posted by Mumbai Indians. “We have now discovered the right combination, which is skilled gamers, like Boulty (Trent Boult) is again, Deepak Chahar, who has been round, and on the identical time, younger weapons like Will Jacks, Robin Minz and Rickelton, who’re contemporary. So, I believe we have now completed fairly nicely. We have now lined all of the bases.”
Mumbai additionally spent Rs 9.25 crore to signal one other former bowler Deepak Chahar and closely invested in youth gamers Allah Ghazanfar, Raj Angad Bawa and Bevon Jacobs.
Mumbai Indians’ squad for IPL 2025:
Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Tilak Varma, Trent Boult, Naman Dhir, Robin Minz, Karn Sharma, Deepak Chahar, Reece Topley, Ryan Rickelton, Will Jacks, Allah Ghazanfar, Mitchell Santner, Karn Sharma, Satyanarayana Raju, Raj Bawa, Ashwani Kumar, Krishnan Shrijith, Bevon Jacobs, Arjun Tendulkar, Lizaad Williams, Vignesh Puthur.